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  1. Na Na

  2. Tomorrow's Gonna Be

  3. Live On Love

  4. Long Journey Home

  5. Cousin

  6. Too Little, Too Late

  7. Snow

  8. That Much a Fool

  9. Someday

10. (Down by the) Great Mistake

11. Peaceful Waking

12.Where Does the Time Go



Na Na

Written by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI

This is the story of my life
Somebody’s little girl to someone else’s wife
What happened in between
Is the dying of a dream
And that’s the story of my life

This is how I spend my day
Wake up with the light and watch it fade away
What happens in between
Still remains to be seen
And that’s how I spend my day

Do ya wanna hold me down?
I can look up with my head to the ground
And if that’s all that you can do
To try to get to me
Well then I’ll see you around
I’ll see you around

Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na

So how the hell do you sleep at night
I open all the windows
and keep my eyes shut tight
I’m shooting in the dark
but i never miss my mark
I sleep very well at night

Do you wanna hold me down
‘Cause I can see the stars with my head to the ground
And if that’s all that you can to
To try and get to me
Well then I’ll see you around
I’ll see you around

Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na

Na na na na na na (and I'll see you around)
(I'll see you around)
Na na na na na na na na na

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Tomorrow's Gonna Be

Written by Mark Walton, Tom Boles
Main Vocal: MARK

Nobody's home
Drive downtown to this bar I know
Drinking alone
Won't get me where I want to go
In a smoke filled room
There's people playing pool
Everything's gonna be all right
I know, it's OK
Tomorrow's gonna be an even better day

On Second Street
There's a café where I like to eat
The waitress there
She's always been real good to me
But it's not enough
I can't feel or touch
Everything's gonna be all right
I know, it's OK
Tomorrow's gonna be an even better day

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Live on Love

Written by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER

Sometimes I lose my faith, sometimes I lose my way back home
When my communion's done, sometimes my strengths have been atoned
And hardly ever does it feel like the part of it that's real is the part that holds the rope
That's when we live on love, that's when we hold our dreams and hope

I'm not the only one who understands the wants and needs
I'm not the only one who feels the shaking underneath
As you yourself have often said, we had better well get ready for the worst to come along
That's when we live on love, and do what's best not right or wrong

Do you take it all to heart, does it make it all the harder to apply
I would have to wonder why

They build you monuments, you get that gold watch in the end
Stick around long enough and become the world's best friend
And see the look on every face when we finally take our place at the top you will recall
That's when we live on love, and love's the best part of it all

Sometimes I wake up with that fire in my brain
Sometimes I wake up and I cannot feed the flame
And when the rest of it goes dark and I cannot feel the spark to repeat the sad refrain
That's when we live on love, I must remind myself again

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Long Journey Home

Written by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI

Near the dawn she crept in
Sittin’ on the edge of a bed made up to look like it’d been slept in
And it was dark where I was lying
But I could see her face
It looked like she’d been crying

And it’s a Long, Long, Journey Home

I drink my coffee by the door
Watch an old man on the street I think i’ve seen him before
Because he’s out there every week
Goin’ through my trash
He knows me but we never speak

It’s a Long, Long Journey Home
It’s a Long, Long Time to feel Alone

Forgiveness and favor earned
Traveling on lessons learned
We are all alone in this together
as far as i’m concerned...

It’s a Long, Long Journey Home
It’s a Long, Long time to feel alone

I have been rejected
By the very one I carefully selected
so I know what you mean
when you say you stumble on the way to the guillotine

It’s a Long, Long Journey Home
It’s a Long, Long time to feel alone
It’s a Long, Long, Long...
Journey Home

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Cousin

Written by Susan Cowsill
Main Vocal: SUSAN

Yours were the first eyes
I ever looked into
I can still see you standing
panicked in the driveway
It was one of those moments
You save somebody drowning in

Deep in the summer
Whiter in the winter
and we had hearts made of plate glass
maybe even thinner
and I can still see your taillights
fading down the alley
the day you went away
the day I went away

Hey, Ii’ve been looking for you all this time
anything Ii can find of you
to remind me of
how it used to be
when the world was so young

Worlds are colliding
Little souls dividing
and we had so little time left
the Wicked Witch reminded
And it was one of those moments
When goodbye is forever
And I made you go away
i wanted you to stay

Hey, I’ve been looking for you all this time
Anything I can find of you to remind me of
How it used to be
When the world was so young...

Well... I’ve been waiting for you to find me
Just one last look
I’ll put it all behind me
And I don’t care you don’t have to stay
i just want one more chance to feel that way
(that way)

Years come and go now
But hearts always remember
and I still carry you with me
December through December
And it is one of those memories
You hold onto forever
And it never goes away
It never goes away

Hey, and I’m still looking for you all this time
anything I can find of you to remind me of
how it used to be when the world was so young
so young
and I’ve been looking for you all this time
anything I can find of you to remind me of
how it used to be when the world was so young
so young

ahhhhh...

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Too Little, Too Late

Written by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER

Graduation day and you sum up broke
Shuffled your feet and then bummed a smoke
You were so convinced that it all went great
No one there to tell you it's too little too late

Too little too late, she waited long enough
For you to make the first move with a little love
But you never took charge, you never did act
She got the short end of the stick and that's a fact

It's a long way there and a long way back
She was ready to go with you; she was already packed
But when the limo pulled up and you made her wait
Then you changed your mind too little too late

Too little too late, she doesn't hate you enough
To stop you from feeling so victimized
So far so good it's gone way past the point
To stop you from feeling so good inside

Cause you're always first rate, and you're always top shelf
And you're never really wrong if you say so yourself
You're a great big man at a broken gate
Trying hard to get inside too little too late

When you get to the part where she's gone for good
Better take stock of what's understood


And you had your chance and you dropped the ball
Like a deer in the headlights, and that's not all
She learned the hard way she just didn't relate
Now she doesn't really worry, it's too little too late

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Snow

Written by Susan Cowsill
Main Vocal: SUSAN


I had joy and I was strong
and I was good at holding on
and I had heart and I had soul
and if I wanted to I could even make it snow
anytime

Did I look desperate to you
or did it look like I knew what I was doing
well all that is true
but as the days get longer
I can’t remember
ifI’m getting worse or getting better
at playing this part
now where did it start

I had joy and I was strong
and I was good at holding on
and I had heart and I had soul
and if I wanted to I could even make it snow
anytime

Did I run circles around your heart
it was a private mission
it’s an old tradition
that I cannot stop
‘cause if I do they’ll catch me and they’ll never let me
keep my secret weapon hidden in the bedroom
at the top of the stairs
man, I hope it’s still there

I had joy and I was strong
and I was good at holding on
and I had heart and I had soul
and if I wanted to I could even make it snow
anytime

All I wanna do is run
all I wanna do is fly
I've been saved so many times
just from staring at the sky
 I’m still staring at the sky
and I’ll never understand
why

I know my way through these woods
and though the paths have faded
and the trees have shaded
where my heart once stood still
I still feel it beating
all the years mean nothing
I am still believing
I can see the touching
of my soul and the sun
I close my eyes and I've won

I had joy and I was strong
and I was good at holding on
and I had heart and I had soul
and if I wanted to I could even make it snow
anytime
oh where did that little girl go
I need to find her
I need to find her so I can get through this show
do you know?

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That Much a Fool

Written by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI

Remember the summer we sat in the rain
Counting the cars on the Southern bound trains
And just for a moment
Our gazes would meet
Lips just an instant from kisses so sweet

So what ever happened
You turned away
And I never thought of the right thing to say
So many times i have thought of the kiss
We never shared
Now you’re telling me this

You could have fooled me
I had no idea
That you were so very in love with me, dear
You did not show it
And now it seems cruel
You could have fooled me
I’m that much a fool

You were a brother, a friend, and a man
Who i thought I knew like the back of my hand
Now you’re here waiting
Your eyes wet with tears
Confessing a love after so many years

Well you could have fooled me
I had no idea
You were so very in love with me, dear
You did not show it
And now it seems cruel
You could have fooled me
I’m that much a fool

Well i waited
And wondered
What seems like a lifetime and then
i loved you like a brother
And cherished you so as a friend

Remember the winter you went away
Something inside of me died on that day
And now i am married
I play by the rules
I cannot go with you
I'm that much a fool

But you could have fooled me
I had no idea
That you were so very in love with me, dear
You did not show it
And now it seems cruel
You could have fooled me
I’m that much a fool

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Someday

Written by Susan Cowsill
Main Vocal: SUSAN

Someday it’ll all come back to me
I’m gonna look for it look for it everyday
I’m gonna stare at the grass and watch it grow
count every blade for a thousand miles

Someday it’ll all come back to me
I’m gonna look for it look for it everyday
I’m gonna climb that tree as far as she goes
climb a little farther maybe see some snow

And if that doesn’t take away my sorrow
I’m gonna get up again and do it tomorrow

‘Cause I don’t like it being stuck down here
it’s dark and it’s scary and there isn’t any air
and I feel like I weigh
the weight of the world
but I don’t because you know I’m still a little girl

and I can hear it running through the trees
I’m down here I’m down here on my beggin’ knees
and when I hear it calling my name
I’m gonna be there on that very next train

Someday when it all comes back to me
I’m gonna be with it be with it everyday
I’m gonna pay my bills and stand where I stand
and maybe even start a little rock and roll band
and maybe my friends will give me a hand
  and if that doesn’t take away my sorrow
 I’m gonna get up again and do it tomorrow
  ahhhhhh

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(Down By the) Great Mistake

Written by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER AND VICKI

He: I never felt so close to you.
She: I never been so far away.
He:  And I know what you're going through...
She:  So is that all you can say to me?  Is that all you can say to me?

He:  I used to know you when.
She:  But you turned your back on me.
He:  I just got turned around myself...
She:  Then what do you expect of me?   Just what do you expect of me?

They:  It's a crazy world we live in,
       It's a crazy road we take.
       We could walk this way blinfolded, down by the Great Mistake.

She: You used to be my hero, boy, 'til you parked the car in the lake.
He: That wasn't strictly my idea, you know.  I parked
    down by the Great Mistake.
She: You should've used your emergency brake.

They:  There'll be a lot of compromisin',
       And if that don't sound enticing,
       Your money ain't no good here, down by the Great Mistake.

He: I think it's gonna work out just fine.
She: You can think that way if you like.
He:  What would make you say a thing like that?
She:  I'm not sayin' anything.  I'm not sayin' anything.

They: There'll be a lot of compromisin',
      And if that don't sound inviting,
      We can walk this way blinfolded, down by the Great Mistake.

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Peaceful Waking

Written by Susan Cowsill, Russ Broussard
Main Vocal: SUSAN

I wish you love
and all the peace you can find in your heart
I wish you strength
and all my courage when you’re weeping in the dark

Tender sleep
soft understanding and peaceful waking

And when your heart is cold
I will wrap you in the blanket of my soul
and when it’s all too much
you always know you got somewhere to go

Tender sleep
soft understanding and peaceful waking


And I can’t stand here
and I can’t take this
and I can’t make this alone
‘cause I can’t see you
and I can’t feel you
and I can’t let you go
I gotta let you go

So travel your road
and never will I be by your side
but I’ll be right here
wild horses couldn’t move me if they tried

Tender sleep
soft understanding and peaceful waking

‘cause I can’t stand this
and I can’t take this
and I can’t make this alone
‘cause I can’t see you
and I can’t feel you
and I can’t let you go
I gotta let you go

I can’t let you go
can’t let you go
can’t let you go

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Where Does the Time Go?

Written by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER

Look at the time
Where did it go
How did it get so late again?
Quarter to six
What do you know?
Let's call this evening to an end.
Where do I go
What do I say
When I really want to stay?
And where does the time Go?

Look at my face
Look at the tears
Look at me laughing it off
Facing the facts
Facing my fears
Listening to magic and loss
Everything's good
Even the pain
Time heals all wounds again and again
And where does the time go?

Where does the time go
Who turned the clock back
How could I not see
When did the glass crack
Where does the time go?
When did the end come
Should I have known when
Reaching the last row
Where does the time go?

Look at the time
Really should run
A whole day of work yet to be done
Nothing I say
Nothing I feel
Are half as real as you
Nobody knows
Nobody sees
No one but you and me
And where does the time go?
Where does the time go?

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